Man arrested for attempted transfer of F-35 data to Iran

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No, no, no! I don't think it was espionage at all. I think it was actually a CIA plot to cripple the Iranian economy!

Okay, follow me here: Iran hears about the hot new fighter that the Americans are building, and they want specs on it. What they don't know is how over-budget and underperforming the jet is! The Agency gets wind of this and gives the real plans to some expat headed to Iran. He delivers the specs to Iranian aerospace guys, who proceed to go gaga over it. The ayatollah demands 17 squadrons be built! He distributes parts manufacture over several provinces to ensure that everyone gets a slice. The first jets start rolling off the assembly line. A little pricy, but not too bad. The first dozen are built. The minister starts looking at the bill and goes "Oh allah..." but doesn't tell anyone about it. Soon enough you've got 50 F-35's, and suddenly the Iranian people are wondering why there's no food in stores. Riots ensue, the state collapses, sleeper cells rush in from Baghdad and Herat and start a new government and build a Wal-Mart. America wins!
 
I have to wonder how many tech secrets we've lost through the war than through espionage. Crashed drones, stealth helos, compromised radios and crypto, imagery systems, etc.
 
Deathy McDeath said:
No, no, no! I don't think it was espionage at all. I think it was actually a CIA plot to cripple the Iranian economy!

Okay, follow me here: Iran hears about the hot new fighter that the Americans are building, and they want specs on it. What they don't know is how over-budget and underperforming the jet is! The Agency gets wind of this and gives the real plans to some expat headed to Iran. He delivers the specs to Iranian aerospace guys, who proceed to go gaga over it. The ayatollah demands 17 squadrons be built! He distributes parts manufacture over several provinces to ensure that everyone gets a slice. The first jets start rolling off the assembly line. A little pricy, but not too bad. The first dozen are built. The minister starts looking at the bill and goes "Oh allah..." but doesn't tell anyone about it. Soon enough you've got 50 F-35's, and suddenly the Iranian people are wondering why there's no food in stores. Riots ensue, the state collapses, sleeper cells rush in from Baghdad and Herat and start a new government and build a Wal-Mart. America wins!
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That's kind of what I was thinking. "Send it to them and see if THEY can get it to work..."
 
Freefalling said:
I have to wonder how many tech secrets we've lost through the war than through espionage. Crashed drones, stealth helos, compromised radios and crypto, imagery systems, etc.
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There was a certain mission that we talk about often on SS that left the enemy with a lot of intel after they got laptops etc... I was more than a little surprised to learn anyone would take sensitive info like that on a mission like that.
 
pardus said:
There was a certain mission that we talk about often on SS that left the enemy with a lot of intel after they got laptops etc... I was more than a little surprised to learn anyone would take sensitive info like that on a mission like that.
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04/05 a Coalition SOF unit took an entire SPINS-C downrange with them, all many hundred pages' worth. Ambush, compromise, "Oh, shit, we need to write up a new SPINS-C?"

Solution: new comm cards. Some of you AF/ JTAC types will understand the gravity of this scenario.

Lose a drone and watch villagers tear it apart and haul it off?

Solution: "They might be farmers" and we watched them walk away with most of it.

Mike Yon: Here, let me show you how to spot our aircraft at night without using NVG's.

Solution: Not banned from the country, not charged, allowed to remain embedded.

I groan every time someone talks about OPSEC. We're a sieve and our military doesn't care.
 
Freefalling said:
04/05 a Coalition SOF unit took an entire SPINS-C downrange with them, all many hundred pages' worth. Ambush, compromise, "Oh, shit, we need to write up a new SPINS-C?"

Solution: new comm cards. Some of you AF/ JTAC types will understand the gravity of this scenario.

Lose a drone and watch villagers tear it apart and haul it off?

Solution: "They might be farmers" and we watched them walk away with most of it.

Mike Yon: Here, let me show you how to spot our aircraft at night without using NVG's.

Solution: Not banned from the country, not charged, allowed to remain embedded.

I groan every time someone talks about OPSEC. We're a sieve and our military doesn't care.
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Yep...scary. I hated carrying KYK-13's for that reason....I always was ready to do the Z all.
 
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